To T. H. Farrer 26 March [1878]
Summary
James Caird does not think Torbitt’s success justifies application to Government. Torbitt has four acres planted with seedlings. Has sent back CD’s £100. Shall CD insist that he keep it?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 26 Mar [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11447 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Bristow to H. E Litchfield, 11 March 1878 ; no other letter regarding Torbitt’s character …
- … has been found. See second letter from James Torbitt, 24 March 1878 . …
- … See first letter from James Torbitt, 24 March 1878 . CD had …
- … sent Torbitt a cheque for £100 (see letter to James Torbitt, 4 March 1878 ). …
- … between this letter and the first and second letters from James Torbitt, 24 March 1878 . …
- … See first letter from James Torbitt, 24 March 1878 . …
- … See letter from James Caird, 21 March 1878 . See letter from E. J. …
- … Letter from T. H. Farrer, 20 March 1878 . …
To Anthony Rich 12 December 1878
Summary
Thanks AR for the details of his bequest and invites him to Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Anthony Rich |
| Date: | 12 Dec 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.12: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11788 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … letter to Anthony Rich, 9 December 1878 , and letter from Anthony Rich, 10 December 1878 . …
- … 10 December 1878 (see letter from W. M. Hacon, 20 December 1878 ). …
- … was William Mackmurdo Hacon ; CD later sent Hacon Rich’s letters of 7 December 1878 and …
- … See letter to Anthony Rich, 9 December 1878 and n. 2. …
- … December 12 th 1878 (Copy) 4 My dear Sir I have just received your letter of the 10 th . — …
From James Caird 4 March 1878
Summary
Returns CD’s letter [11389] of which he has kept a copy.
| Author: | James Caird |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11396 |
To T. H. Huxley 29 December 1878
Summary
About Anthony Rich, who has decided to leave his fortune to CD [and later also to make a bequest to THH]. CD’s account of what he wrote to Rich.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 29 Dec 1878 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 329) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11809 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … See letter to Anthony Rich, 12 December 1878 , and letter from Anthony …
- … from T. H. Huxley, 28 December 1878 ; see also letter from Anthony Rich, 7 December …
- … 1878 . See letter to Anthony Rich, 9 December 1878 and n. 2. …
- … been found, but see the letter from Anthony Rich, 29 December 1878 . CD died on 19 April …
- … Orpington. S.E.R. Dec. 29 th 1878 My dear Huxley Your letter surprised me almost as much …
- … Rich, 25 December 1878 . CD’s letter offering to visit Rich has …
From Francis Darwin [25–7 November 1878]
Summary
He has had no success with horse or Spanish chestnuts.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [25–7 Nov 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11768H |
Matches: 8 hits
- … visit Edward Frankland on 25 or 26 November 1878 (see letter to Francis …
- … Darwin, [22 November 1878] , and letter to Edward Frankland, 22 November [1878] ). Bernard …
- … 3. ) See also letter from Francis Darwin, [23 November 1878] . CD planned to …
- … creeping wood sorrel) (see letter from Francis Darwin, [before 22 November 1878] and n. …
- … 2, and letter to Francis Darwin, [22 November 1878] . William Ogle’s translation of Anton …
- … see n. 7, below). See letter from Francis Darwin, [before 22 November 1878] and n. …
- … Ogle trans. 1878). See letter to William Ogle, 17 August 1878 . Francis gave a lecture on …
- … among plants’ (see letter to Francis Darwin, [21 November 1878] , n. 6). The American …
To Francis Darwin 17 July [1878]
Summary
Discusses sleep movements of Porlieria.
Has read an abstract of Julius Wiesner on heliotropism and geotropism ["Die heliotropischen Erscheinungen im Pflanzenreiche", Anz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien 15 (1878): 137–40] which seems important but is puzzling.
Gives details of his observations on climbing plants with reference to comments by Julius Sachs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 17 July [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11615 |
Matches: 15 hits
- … in T. dealbata , see the letter to Francis Darwin , 7 [July 1878] , the letters to G. H. …
- … Darwin, 10 [July 1878] and 11 [July 1878] , and the letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 14 …
- … crossed in the post ( letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] ). Quick-lime or calcium …
- … 6, below). Letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] . …
- … See letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] and n. 10. CD’s letter, in which he …
- … in climbing plants in his letter of [before 17 July 1878] . CD refers to Climbing plants …
- … plants in Würzburg (see letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] and n. 3). Francis had …
- … sleeping plants, see the letters from Francis Darwin , [12 July 1878] and [before 17 July …
- … the same species (see letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ). Francis had been …
- … to the stomata (see letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] and n. 8). The first …
- … turned upside down ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] ). Climbing plants …
- … 1878] . See letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] . CD had described the …
- … a vehicle of any sort (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 16 June [1878] ). A gee-gee may have …
- … between this letter and the letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 July 1878 (see n. …
- … in Würzburg. See letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 July 1878 and n. 7. Federico Delpino …
To T. H. Farrer 5 March 1880
Summary
[Letter written as a postscript to 11406.] CD has reread his letter of 7 Mar 1878 about the value of James Torbitt’s work on the potato disease and has nothing to withdraw. Emphasises Torbitt’s need for immediate financial help.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 5 Mar 1880 |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (MS 489) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12512 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … 1880 ). CD wanted Farrer to use the 1878 letter with this postscript to raise support for …
- … to 11406 . ] CD has reread his letter of 7 Mar 1878 about the value of James Torbitt’s …
- … 5 th . 1880. I have re-read my letter dated Mar 7 1878 & have nothing to withdraw. I may …
- … Torbitt’s research; see Correspondence vol. 26, letter to James Torbitt, 4 March 1878 . …
- … his experiments in his letter of 12 February 1880 . In 1878, CD had sent £100 to assist …
- … to letter to T. H. Farrer, 7 March 1878 . The letters were probably those sent to Farrer …
- … vol. 26, enclosure to letter to T. H. Farrer, 7 March 1878 ). Torbitt had asked again for …
- … is a postscript to a letter to T. H. Farrer dated 7 March 1878 that CD had meant Farrer to …
To Francis Darwin 25 July [1878]
Summary
Is forwarding the writing machine to Carl Semper.
Is glad FD has taken up his old friends, the twiners.
Hopes to get heliotropic aerial roots from J. D. Hooker. Asks FD to find out whether any moulds or roots are apheliotropic. Is puzzled by heliotropism in subterranean roots.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 25 July [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11631 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … planned to return home on 8 August 1878 (see letter from Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] ). …
- … enabled them to be buried. In his letter of [21 July 1878] , Francis Darwin had referred …
- … on heliotropism in moulds in his letter of 11 May 1878 . Joseph Dalton Hooker had visited …
- … garden were tightly closed (see letter from Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] and n. 10). …
- … the letter from C. G. Semper, 22 July 1878 . See letter from C. G. Semper, 22 July 1878 . …
- … borrowed from Kew (see letter to Francis Darwin, 6 [July 1878] ). Leguminosae (a synonym …
- … from other families (see letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] and n. 2). CD carried …
- … circumnutation (see letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] ). Francis had made tracings …
- … given time period (see letter from Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] and n. 4). CD concluded …
- … in climbing plants (see letter from Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] and n. 6). De Vries had …
- … from moisture (see letter from Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] ). Kliment Arkady Timiryazev …
- … See the letter to Francis Darwin, 20 [July 1878] , in which CD wondered why moulds would …
- … responses to light intensity, see the letter from G. H. Darwin, 10 October 1878 . …
To J. D. Hooker [3 or 4 March 1878]
Summary
His attempts to obtain a Government grant for Torbitt seem hopeless.
CD is suffering from constant swimming of the head.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [3 or 4 Mar 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 453–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11390 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … CD met with James Caird on 3 March 1878 ( letter to James Torbitt, 4 March 1878 ). Caird …
- … s telegram has not been found; see, however, the letter from James Torbitt, 6 March 1878 . …
- … Andrew Clark during his stay in London ( letter to Sara Darwin, [1 March 1878] ). …
- … Torbitt, 28 February 1878 and the letter to James Torbitt, 1 March 1878 . …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 March 1878 and n. 4. …
- … from 27 February to 5 March 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter from J. D. …
- … 1878 . CD was trying to raise support for James Torbitt’s breeding experiments on blight-resistant potatoes (see letters …
- … 2 March 1878 ). On financial support for the potato experiments, see the letter from James …
- … experiments from Thomas Henry Farrer (see letters to T. H. Farrer, [28 February 1878] and …
To T. H. Farrer 7 March 1878
Summary
If THF and James Caird [Enclosure Commissioner] approve of enclosed letter, CD will send it to Hooker.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 7 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 92; Linnean Society of London (MS 489) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11407 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … see letter from T. H. Farrer, 28 February 1878 , and letter from James Caird to T. …
- … James Caird to T. H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 . See letter to T. H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 and …
- … letter from E. J. A. Bristow to H. E. Litchfield, 11 March 1878 , and the letter to T. H. …
- … Farrer, 13 March 1878 . See letter from James Torbitt, 6 March 1878 . Copies of Torbitt’s …
- … Farrer, and others (see letter from James Torbitt, 24 February 1878 and enclosure). The …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 March 1878 ). CD’s letters have not been found; but see the …
- … Farrer, 2 March 1878 ). The enclosure is a revised version of the letter to T. H. Farrer, …
- … or water mould. See letter to T. H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 and n. 2. See letter to T. H. …
- … Farrer, 2 March 1878 and n. 3. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 March 1878 and n. …
- … about white fly was from the letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 March 1878 . The memorandum from …
- … probably enclosed in the letter to T. H. Farrer, 13 March 1878 . Joseph Dalton Hooker had …
- … in 1874 (see letter from James Caird to T. H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 and n. 4). After …
- … 1878 My dear Farrer, M r . Torbitt’s plan of resisting the potato disease seems to me by far the best that has ever been suggested. It consists, as you know from his printed letter …
- … 1878— My dear Farrer It is a shame to trouble you, but it has occurred to me that if you & M r . Caird think it worth while to lay the potato case before any branch of the Government, the head of the office would perhaps consult some scientific horticulturalist or agriculturist whom he trusted; so that it has seemed to me worth while to make the argument as complete as I could within a moderate compass. — Will you glance at the enclosed letter; …
To T. H. Farrer [4 March 1878]
Summary
Agricultural Society will not do potato experiments. Torbitt telegraphs that seeds to be sown tomorrow. Memorial with a few signatures might get grant from Government. Hooker believes plan the right one.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | [4 Mar 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 89 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11397 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … had visited CD in London on 3 March 1878 (see letter to James Torbitt, 4 March 1878 ). The …
- … Farrer, 7 March 1878 . See letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 March 1878 . …
- … continue his experiments for another season (see letter to James Torbitt, 1 March 1878 ). …
- … See letter to James Torbitt, 4 March 1878 . For a revised version of the letter to T. …
- … H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 , see the enclosure to the letter to T. H. …
- … blight-resistant potatoes (see letter from T. H. Farrer, 28 February 1878 ). James Caird …
- … project, see the letter from James Caird to T. H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 . The telegram has …
To T. H. Farrer [after 2 March 1878]
Summary
Forwards letter from James Caird concerning funds for potato experiments. CD will correct his letter to THF [11389] and then forward it to Hooker for his opinion.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | [after 2 Mar 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11401 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … has not been identified. Farrer visited CD in London on 28 March 1878 ( letter to James …
- … of 2 March 1878 (see letter to T. H. Farrer, [4 March 1878] ). …
- … February 1878] ), and possibly later. CD planned to make revisions to his letter to Farrer …
- … s plan to breed blight-resistant potatoes (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [1 March 1878] ). …
To J. D. Hooker 14 December [1878]
Summary
Thanks for JDH’s description of CD’s work in Nature.
Anthony Rich to bequeath his property (over £1100 a year) to CD.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 14 Dec [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 477–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11794 |
To Francis Darwin 26 June [1878]
Summary
Asks questions related to movement in plants. The cotyledons of Oxalis offer a promising field for study.
Wonders why Julius von Sachs thinks bloom is a protection against insects.
Encloses notes on the cotyledons of Oxalis species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 26 June [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 29–30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11570 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … 2. In his letter of 18 June [1878] , CD had asked Francis to borrow Theophil Ciesielski’s …
- … this letter relate to the letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] . Presumably another …
- … was sent but has now been lost. See letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] and n. …
- … of leaf organs; Pfeffer 1875 ). See letter to Francis Darwin, 18 June [1878] and n. 4. …
- … about sliced radicles is on p. 33. See also letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] . …
- … See letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] and n. 6. The Outwards book , p. 463 ( …
- … on 5 July 1878. See letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] and n. 7. CD was probably …
- … species of Cassia , see letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 March [1878] . Oxalis valdiviana is a …
From Francis Darwin [29 June] 1878
Summary
Sleep of Porlieria hygrometrica seems independent of light.
Will have lots of time for oats. W. F. P. Pfeffer’s point is that there is no growth in sleepers with joints. A. F. Batalin says there is a slight growth.
[Dated Saturday 28th by FD.]
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [29 June] 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.14: 181 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11575 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … beans ( Vicia faba ; see letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] , and letter to W. T. …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 26 June [1878] . …
- … June in error. See letter to Francis Darwin, 26 June [1878] . …
- … See letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] and n. …
- … 6, and letter to Francis Darwin, 26 June [1878] and n. 5. Porliera hygrometrica is …
- … Zygophyllaceae. See letter to Francis Darwin, 26 June [1878] and n. 7. Wilhelm Pfeffer had …
- … on Pisum sativum (common pea), see the letter to G. J. Romanes, 16 June [1878] and n. 5. …
- … In 1878, the Saturday following 26 June was 29 June. Francis evidently dated the letter 28 …
- … 1878] and n. 5). Carl Gottfried Semper had dedicated to CD his work on the eyes of sea slugs ( Semper 1877b ); see Correspondence vol. 25, letter …
To G. J. Romanes 20 [November 1878]
Summary
CD will visit tomorrow.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 20 [Nov 1878] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.552) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11750 |
From James Torbitt 24 March 1878
Summary
Sales of [potato] varieties have reduced amount of money needed [for experiments].
| Author: | James Torbitt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 142 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11440 |
To Fritz Müller 27 March 1878
Summary
Thanks FM for letter of 22 Feb [not found] on Lepidoptera. Will send it to Entomological Society to be read. FM’s earlier letters produced best discussions of the season.
Thanks for seeds of Viola.
He and Francis [Darwin] are at work on biology of seedling plants and wish to observe how the flowers penetrate the earth.
The Pontederia did not germinate, probably pressed too much [in post].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 27 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 45) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11448 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Entomological Society of London (1878): ii–iii (see letter to Raphael Meldola, 24 March [ …
- … See letter from Fritz Müller, 20 February 1878 . Raphael Meldola had asked for CD’s …
- … Society of London (see letters from Raphael Meldola, 2 January [1878] and 22 March 1878 …
- … 1878] ). See letter to Raphael Meldola, 27 March [1878] . Müller …
- … of Pontederia , the genus of pickerel-weed (see letter to Fritz Müller, 12 January 1878 ). …
- … sent seeds of Viola (see letter from Fritz Müller, 20 February 1878 and n. 2). Trifolium …
- … 27 th . 1878 My dear Sir I write only to thank you for your interesting letter of Feb. 20 …
To J. D. Hooker [1 March 1878]
Summary
CD again asks JDH to support Torbitt’s project to breed disease-resistant potatoes. He has also sought support of Farrer, Duke of Richmond, and James Caird.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [1 Mar 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 451–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11386 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Torbitt, 26 February 1878 , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 28 [February 1878] ). Charles …
- … See letter to James Torbitt, 1 March 1878 . …
- … Farrer (see letter from James Torbitt, 24 February 1878 and enclosure, letter to James …
- … ODNB ). On James Caird’s support, see the letter from T. H. Farrer, 28 February 1878 . …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from T. H. Farrer, 28 February 1878 . …
- … 1878, the Friday following 28 February was 1 March. James Torbitt had written to Stafford Northcote , the chancellor of the Exchequer, requesting assistance for his experiments on the breeding of blight-resistant potatoes; he sent a copy of the letter …
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Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
